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HIGHLANDS, N. c. 287trl Thursday, May 18, 1978 Htjgfylaniter The ONLY Newspaper in This Wide World Devoted Exclusively to Promoting The Highlands Area Published in the Highest Elevated and Most Hospitable Town in Eastern America Volume21 Number 19 Highlands, N. C. 28741 TICKETS ARE STILL BEING SOLD in the Swimming Pool Fund Drive Committee’s raffle of this brand new Jeep Cherokee. Other prizes include a color television and a stereo system by Craig. The drawing will be July 1st, during the Highlands Celebration Day, so get your tickets now and help the drive to build a swimming pool and bath house complex for the Highlands Recreation Park. President of the Highlands Recreation Commission is shown beside the Jeep. Annual spring musical to be presented tonight “Love Makes the World G< ’Round” is the theme of this year’s Spring Musical set foi tonight (Thursday) at High lands School, and love songs will fill the air of the schoo gym as students from al grades will blend their voices in celebration of Love and the season for which it’s known. Under the musical directior of Mrs. Rita Vermillion twelve students from High lands High School and nearly all of the students from kindergarten through eighth grade will take part in the program which has become an annual event at the school over the years. The program is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the school gym and will feature a variety of music, both old and new on the subject of love. The first portion of the presentation is entitled “Love is Old, Love Is New" featuring three modern musical numbers performed by six high school students in a female sextet. These will be followed by a whole group of love songs both modern and from days-gone-by with some' numbers to be sung by older students, and some to be performed by the combined elementary grades. A Maypole dance is due to follow, to be demonstrated by the girls from the seventh and eighth grades. Another group of vocal selections will follow this performance of the traditional spring dance, a group of songs in the program entitled “Love Is Happy, Love Is Blue”. This group of songs will touch upon the happier and the tragic sides of love, again with the PTA gathers to review 77-78 year • By: Mozelle Edwards At the last monthly meeting of the Highlands PTA for this school year, the faculty presented Mrs. Jessie Manley, outgoing president, with a beautiful gold necklace for her long and faithful service as president. Mrs. Manley has done an outstanding job and we greatly appreciate her many many hours of work for our children and the school. The following summary was given of the work done for the 1977-78 school year at the meeting Thursday night. The PTA and its members have worked hard throughout this past year to make the school a more pleasant place for our children, to give them a better learning atmosphere and also to provide the teachers with items needed so they can better educate our children. We have purchased an intercom system which in cludes maintenance for two years. The PTA has purchased water coolers and cup hooks for two portable classrooms. The class of ’78 was given some money for their help with the Fall Festival. The Beta Club was given money for doing baby-sitting at our business meetings. This ser vice enables parents with small children to attend Final clean-up week The Town of Highlands will have its final “clean-up week” of the year beginning Monday, May 22 and extending through Friday, May 26. At this time the residents who live within the town limits may have special types of trash hauled away by town trucks by calling the town office and notifying them of their request. Types of trash which will be hauled include metal articles such as old kitchen appliances, bed springs, and other items not classed as regular garbabe. However, they will NOT haul away stumps or leaves. meetings that otherwise would not be able to. The teachers were given money for educa tional supplies. Paint was purchased for the gym. Uniforms were purchased for the athletic department. Money was given toward the purchase of a trampoline for the P.E. department. Money was given as it is each year to the Town of Highlands Scholarship Fund. For the library, a card catalog cabinet and base was purchased. From the sale of concessions by PTA members, money was donated to the Recreation Park swimming pool fund. We have beautified the front entrance to the sqhool and given money for the stage project, which includes light ing, the dimmer box and microphones. The PTA and members have given more than 3,000 volunteer work See PTA, Page 2 music being provided by high school as well as elementary students. This portion of the program should have a few surprises, as well as several solos by various students, including a tap dance by high school students Anita Schmitt and Diane Baldwin. Following this musical ex cursion on the roller coaster of love, all students will present a final three numbers in the Grand Finale. Featured soloists for the program will be: Kitty Rhodes, singing I’m Sixteen; Woodland Johnson, with Get ting to Know You; Sammy Potts singing Hi Lili - Hi Lo, and Randy Talley, doing I’m Sorry. The rest of the faculty has been working hard on the program getting things orga nized ' and making scenery, says Mrs. Vermillion, and so have many other members of the community including many parents. There will be an admission charge of $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for school aged and under children, with all of the proceeds going to the High lands School Music Fund. The public is urged to attend this program and enjoy them selves with a night of song. Museum to open June 1 The Museum of Natural History on the Horse Cove Road, will open for the season on Thursday, June 1, 1978. Hours will be the same as in previous years: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The Museum is open to the public without charge, and offers a variety of exhibits and displays of the natural history of the southern Appalachian region. In addi tion, a number of activities fo all age levels are planned for the summer. These include lectures, films, guided natural history walks on local trails, adult workshops, and classes for children. The activities will be announced in the High lander on a weekly basis, and a printed schedule of events will be available at the Museum. Serving as Curator of the Museum this summer is Doris Gove, who recently completed her Ph. D. at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Gove, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, received her undergraduate degree from Columbia Uni versity. She served in the Peace Corps in Kenya, and has held teaching positions in Zaire and at the University of Tennessee. In the summer of 1977 Dr. Gove served as Park Naturalist at Norris Dam State Park, where she de signed and carried out a variety of interpretive pro grams in natural history. Dr. Gove will be assisted at the Museum by two Western Carolina University students. Ms. Donna Matthews, a senior biology major is the Nature Study Counselor, and will teach the children’s classes. Ms. Rebecca Burkhead, a sophomore biology major at Western, is serving as the Museum Receptionist. Visitors to the Museum are invited to tour the Botanical Garden, reached by a short trail behind the Museum. The Garden features several hun dred labeled specimens of native plants. Mr. John STEPHEN WATTS, a 1977 graduate of Highlands High School, hjas been awarded an Abney Schol arship at Clemson Uni versity. This scholarship is awarded to students that show outstanding aca demic promise and desire a career in the textile industry. Stephen plans to major in Chemical En gineering and do research related to textiles. The Abney Scholarship will pay $1,500.00 at Clemson for the 1978-79 school year. Stephen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watts of Highlands. Benenati, a recent graduate of Wake Forest University, where he was a biology major, is in charge of the Garden this summer. Mr. Benenati will lead guided tours of the Garden on a regular basis throughout the summer. UNC-TV translator likely, says Rep. Enloe An educational television translator to serve the Highlands area may have an excellent chance of getting the necessary funding as part of a program currently before the budget advisory committee of the North Carolina General Assembly, according to the representatives for this dis trict, Jeff Enloe. Enloe said in an interview Monday that the situation looked good for the General Assembly to appropriate money for a bill which would provide translator and other equipment to the UNC-TV network to serve numerous regions of North Carolina not now receiving such broad casts, Highlands among them. Enloe, who is on the select committee appointed to study the expansion of the UNC-TV system, said he has been receiving many letters from groups and citizens in the Highlands area urging the money be appropriated to bring an educational station into this area. “I’ve been doing all I can to get this through,” said Enloe, “and I think you stand an excellent chance of getting the translator.” A translator to bring the UNC-Asheville sta tion into this area is included in a budget proposal to provide expansion of the UNC system into many areas of the state, a proposal that will total 6.2 million dollars if it meets with the approval of both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly when it convenes the end of this month to take care of unfinished business and draw up a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. That year will begin this July 1st. Favorable reports on the chance of approval for this particular portion of the budget have been given by several sources, said Enloe, including Liston Ramsey, chairman of the Budget Advisory Committee already at work in Raleigh. Enloe also commented that he felt the proposal would meet with favor in the House Appropria tion Committee, of which he is Vice-Chairman. "When we were working on this proposal to expand the system, 1 insisted that Highlands be included," com mented Enloe, “along with several areas in this district. We wanted to make sure that every school in the state would be able to receive a UNC-TV station. If the proposal gets the funding go ahead next month in the legislature, several new translators will be constructed in this district. Among those areas which will be able to receive UNC-TV are Murphy, Hayesville, Bryson City, Cherokee, Cullowhee and Highlands as a result of this bill. Nantahala will be served by a special cable arrange ment which will connect the school there to the UNC-A station. The translator pre sently located on top of Wayah Bald which now serves the Franklin area will be im proved and upgraded to give better reception to residents of that area. Both Toxaway and the Brevard area will also be served by translator under the proposal, and four regional offices will be established and manned to serve the expand ing system. Presently one man, working out of Franklin must work over the entire region. If the money is appropri ated, it will go directly to the UNC-TV network, which will most likely begin letting bids for the different areas across the state slated to receive translator. Representative Enloe said that the actual construction date for the Highlands translator as well as its location would be entirely up to the UNC-TV authorities, but that it would probably not be too long before they would get things under way. “I’ve gotten a lot of letters about this from people up here, more than I have time to answer,” said Enloe, “and I just wanted to let people know that I have been working on this for some time and I will do everything I can to see that# goes through.” Lions to accept eye wills during Bloodmobile visit The Highlands Lions Club will have a table tomorrow (Friday, May 19) at the Highlands Fire Station during the visit of the Bloodmobile to give “on-the-spot” assistance to persons interested in making eye wills. “The willing of one’s eyes for cornea transplant can mean so much to a person without sight and cost the donor nothing,” a member of the Lions Club said. “The need is so great that for every cornea transplant that takes place, there are 17 blind people anxiously awaiting a chance for one. The person who wills his eyes for this purpose is making it possible for TWO PEOPLE to have sight,” he continued. The Highlands Jaycees are sponsoring the bloodmobile visit and blood donors are urged to come to the fire station between 2 and 6 p.m. tomorrow to give blood. Lions are hopeful that a good number will also render an additional service to their fellow man by making eye wills. Hambidge Center director to speak at Library Night Mark your calendars for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 23rd. It’s Library Night and the guest speaker will be Mrs. Mary Nikas, Executive Direc tor of The Hambidge Center For Creative Arts and Sciences located in Dillard, Georgia. The Library Night meeting will be held at the Highlands United Methodist Church. The Hambidge Center is located in the Betty’s Creek Area of Rabun Gap. It is operated by the Jay Hambidge Art Foundation which was established in 1934 by Mary Cavett Hambidge in honor of her scientist-artist husband. Mrs. Hambidge operated the Center until her death in 1973. Mary Nikas, a long-time friend of the founder, was appointed to succeed Mrs. Hambidge. Prior to her full-time association with Hambidge Center, Mrs. Nikas was an art teacher, and then a successful designer of commercial, pub lic and institutional interiors. She is-and has been-an active worker in environmental pro tection. She is dedicated to the philosophy of Hambidge Cen ter of the interrelatedness of all life, and of the view that agriculture and the handcrafts are the basis of creative living. i The Hambidge Center is developing a broad series of See SPEAKER, Page 2 Blood donors needed The Highlands Jaycees are making an appeal for blood donors who are willing to give blood Friday, May 19 from 2 to 6 p.m. when the Bloodmobile makes a visit to Highlands. The Bloodmobile will set up operations at the Highlands Fire Station and Jaycees urgently ask that everyone who is able will give a pint ot blood. Jaycee Wade Wilson stated that several local businessmen and some civic organizations have pledged their support, but many more people are needed to make it a success for the community. Calling all “helpers” for Friday clean-up The Highlands Jaycees and Boy Scouts have set tomorrow (Friday) as their special “clean-up day” in Highlands and will welcome the help of everyone willing to join in the effort. From 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. the school kids will turn out to help and with the fine cooperation of adults and youngsters that has been shown in the past, the ! sponsoring organizations feels that much can be accom- , plished. i Highlands RANGER STATION NANTAHALA J NaXionaiTviaaX. HARD WORK AND GOOD TIMES that’s what the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) here in Highlands is all about. The U.S. Forest Service employs young people, age 15-18 years, in highly visible work and environmental education programs during the summer. Enrollees work in small crews with experienced work leader on conservation projects. Aplication forms are available at the Highlands Ranger Station for the few slots still left >pen. Incidentally, the young lady pictured is Terri Sizemore, Environmental Education Coordinator. Democratic Congressional District Convention set Democrats representing the 7 counties in the Eleventh Congressional District will 'ather at 1.00 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, 1978, at the laywood County Courthouse n Waynesville for the biennial Congressional District Con tention Rep. Liston Ramsey, Chair nan of the Eleventh Congres :ional District says that he inticipates a total of 374 lelegates and 374 alternates vill attend the convention. The :onvention’s order of business vill include such items as the •lection of a chairman to serve or the next two years, election if a member of the biennial State Convention committee in the Permanent Organiza ion. Rules and Order of Business; the election of a member to the State Conven tion's Committee on Creden tials and Appeals; the election of one member to the Council of Review, and one member to the State Legislative Policy Committee. Of special interest will be the election of two delegates and two alternates from the Eleventh Congressional Dis trict to the 1978 National Democratic Party Conference in Memphis, Tennessee in early December, 1978. Candi dates for the delegate and alternate positions who filed notices of candidacy by the May 5 deadline are: For Buncombe County; Libby H. Chakales, James P. Chakales, Marshall J. West. F. Piercy Carter, John E. Jervis. For Cherokee Countv: Jim See DEMOCRATS, Page 2 First Union to hold Open House The extensive renovation at First Union National Bank is Highlands has now been completed, according to an announcement this week from bank officials. Open House will be held Wednesday, May 24, from 9:)0 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Bill McCall and staff invite everyone to come by for a visit and refreshments during this time. Attend The Annual Highlands School Musical Tonight! i
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